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Wesley Willis was a schizophrenic street singer who built up a small cult following with his bizarre, three-chord rants about trivial everyday items, music, and people he knew. Willis was discovered singing on the streets of Chicago in the early '90s. For the first part of the decade, several independently released tapes of his songs appeared, eventually followed by indie recordings of his albums. By 1995, he had gained the attention of several well-known musicians, including Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam. Shortly before signing a major label contract with American Records in 1996, Willis was profiled on MTV, which resulted in increased recognition in certain alternative …

Mainstream rock lost a lot in the late '90s and early 2000s, and amongst the many casualties were the female-fronted rock bands of the mid-'90s. Maybe Alanis Morissette made theJennifer Trynins, Veruca Salts, and, specifically, that dog.s of the world commercially invalid. But Anna, the debut solo record from former that dog. frontwoman Anna Waronker, is proof that this phenomenon wasn't due to a lack of talent. Fresh off of notable production work on Imperial Teen's On, Waronker has returned with set of three-minute pop songs shrouded in a (tidy) layer of feedback. And like on the three that dog. records, Waronker's songwriting sticks, whether it's on new wavey power pop like "All for You" and "I Wish You Well" or on any of the album's few more melancholy ballads. That means Anna is nothing revolutionary, of course, and that dog. fans have certainly heard this before. But that same audience will most likely want to hear it again, as will anyone who believes female rockers don't need to choose between being a folky riot grrrl (Ani DiFranco, Dar Williams) or a mainstream maven (Meredith Brooks, Sheryl Crow).

Okay, here it is (finally), The new American Dog CD, sorry about the wait but after our guitarist Steve got run over by a car in January, we had a couple of months down, I guess two shattered knees, a cracked pelvic bone, a broken ankle, a broken leg, one cracked rib, and a concussion is enouh to knock anybody's dick in the dirt, but as soon as he healed up a little we went into the studio to record the bastard? It's the "real" thing of course there's no click tracks or drum machines hell we didn't even wear headphones most of the time! We're pretty damn proud of this slab o' rock even with one guy in the wheelchair it still kicks like a mule! - Michael Hannon

Killer Pussy's songs represent all that was fun about the 1980s New Wave Scene. Clever humorous lyrics, danceable beats and a style that can't be described in words make this CD a must have in any collectors library. With their unique sound, Killer Pussy could have been from London, New York, or Los Angeles but they actually came from Phoenix, Arizona proving that creativity grows in any climate.

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"Let Yourself Be Happy" is the much anticipated follow-up to Linus of Hollywood's debut CD "Your Favorite Record" which attracted international attention and critical acclaim. Full of magical melodies, dense harmonies, and intricated arrangements, this new CD contains 11 tracks of 60's influenced pop including 2 somewhat unusual (for this genre) cover songs: Ozzy Osbourne's "Goodbye To Romance" and the influential punk band Smoking Popes "Need You Around" both done in Linus' unique colorful style.

Tracks:

Building A Ship

Goodbye To Romance

To Be A Girl

A Whole New Country

Why Don't We...

The Girl I'll Never Have

Where Are You?

Thank You For Making Me Feel...Better

Need You Around

Every Day I Fall In Love Again

I've Lost My Mind

Excerpt from AllMusic.com review by Stanton Swihart

He is without a doubt an artist of nearly unrivaled (Brian Wilson might have something to say about that) and unabashed romantic yearning, which is nowhere more evident than on an almost unrecognizable cover of Ozzy Osborne's "Goodbye to Romance." This time around Linus traded in some of the overt '60s sunshine pop predilections for '70s soft rock ones. The crisp sheen of the era's AM radio pop hovers over the album like L.A. smog. "I've Lost My Mind" breaks into a full-bloom Fleetwood Mac chorus that would probably fool even the members of the band into believing that they had recorded the song back in their hazy Laurel Canyon days...

In Denmark we are lashing out action
Returning the reaction in France
Back across Germany, battery here to stay
Then raising Hell in the Netherlands

You know that it’s easy, you know how hard we can be
The way things are going, can’t kill the battery….battery!

In Paris we took over the Hilton
Ripped and tore away at the weak
The newspaper said,
“The blood’s running red"
We’re only trying to get us some peace!

You know that it’s easy, you know how hard we can be
The way things are going, can’t kill the battery….battery!

We’re whipping up a fury nearly every day
Dominating flurry our goal
Smashing boundaries we said, “Lunacy til we’re dead!
And you don’t have a hope for your soul!”…..GO!

Fought the non-believers in London
The ones that said that we wouldn’t last
They say that we’re crass, that we got no class
To them I say, “Yoko up your ass!”
You know that it’s easy, you know how hard we can be
The way things are going, can’t kill the battery….battery!

Alright C’mon, c’mon…..c’mon, c’mon
C’mon it’s such a joy, c’mon you metal boy
C’mon and take it easy, c’mon and make it sleazy
Take it easy, make it sleazy
Everybody's got a ticket to ride except for me and my lightning

Your insides ooze out, the electrodes are in
Electrodes are in so your eyeballs pop out
Someone’s controlling me, can’t be happening to me
C’mon and make it easy, c’mon and make it sleazy
Take it easy, make it f***** sleazy
Everybody's got a ticket to ride except for me and lightning

Sweat chilling cold, I watch death unfold
How true is this? Get it over with, So c’mon….c’mon
C’mon and make it easy, c’mon and make it sleazy
Take it easy, make it sleazy
Everybody's got a ticket to ride except for me and my lightning

Death is in the air, it’s bringing me down
Strapped in the electric chair, death is all around
I’ve got a ticket to ride, I’ve got a ticket to ride
I've got a ticket to ride the lightning, yeah

Before I get to riding so high, so high
Someone help me, oh please God help me
Flashing before my eyes
Someone help me, oh please God help me

Wakened by horrid scream, burning in my brain
Freed from this frightening dream, I feel the flame
I’ve got a ticket to ride, I’ve got a ticket to ride
I've got a ticket to ride the lightning, yeah

Before I get to riding so high, so high
Someone help me, oh please God help me
Flashing before my eyes
Someone help me, oh please God help me

Wakened by horrid scream, burning in my brain, ooh
Freed from this frightening dream, I feel the flame
I’ve got a ticket to ride, I’ve got a ticket to ride
I've got a ticket to ride the lightning, yeah

Rather see you dead little girl than see you with another
I’ll grind up your bones, you know I’m gonna lose it
Better keep your head little girl, are you a bird
Or a ghost? Say what you what you wanna be?

Running for your life if you can, little girl
Smash you with a Breadfan little girl
Catch you with an emo band, that’s the end, little girl

Loser, you know I’m a wicked guy with a metal mind
Baby I’m determined that I’d rather see you dead
C’mon I can’t spend my whole life with a Cold Play record
Gotta gotta stop! Gonna turn into a bad boy

Runnig for your life if you can, little girl
Smash you with a Breadfan little girl
Catch you with an emo band, that’s the end, little girl

Rather see you dead little girl than see you with another
I’ll grind up your bones, you know you make me lose it
Better keep your head little girl, you were a bird
Now a ghost. Say what you what you wanna be?

Running for your life if you can, little girl
Smash you with a Breadfan little girl
Catch you with an emo band, that's the end, little girl

7) The Thing That Should Not Let it Be (5:04)
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I never thought that anyone could do anything with “Chopsticks”, but Margo Guryan has done it remarkably in a charming set of variations on the famous tune: clever, witty, at times tender and elegant, at other times punning and ribald. Every variation has some delightfully surprising touch. A little American “Mikrokosmas” – and much more fun! - Gunther Schuller (Pulitzer Prize Winner, Down Beat Lifetime Achievement Award, Columbia University’s William Schuman Award for lifetime achievement in American music composition and the MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ award).

Track Listing:

Variation 1 - Round

Variation 2 - Adante

Variation 3 - Allegretto

Variation 4 - Rhymes

Variation 5 - Andantino

Variation 6 - Ragtime

Variation 7 - Boogie Woogie

Variation 8 - Inventionette

Variation 9 - Adagio

Variation 10 - Allegro

Variation 11 - Barcarole

Variation 12 - Walking

Variation 13 - Melody

Variation 14 - Finale

Margo Guryan - "Take A Picture"

Margo Guryan's 1968 album "Take a Picture" completely remastered with 3 previously unreleased bonus tracks. Beautiful digipak with 12-page full color booklet which includes lyrics and biographical info, as well as liner notes from current artists and journalists.

Excerpt from AllMusic.com review by Stanton Swihart

Routinely selling for huge sums of money on the vinyl market and making its way into the collections of pop fanatics as far afield as Japan, Take a Picture has taken on a dynamic life of its own since its 1968 release, especially for an album that went relatively unheard at the time. It is not difficult to figure out what all the retroactive acclaim is about once you hear the sweet, delicate strain of gently kaleidoscopic music on the sole album from Margo Guryan. It is the soft pop of which gauzy dreams are made, full of the hazy changes and transitory variations of autumn, an album that you invariably want to wrap up in.

Track Listing:

Sunday Morning

Sun

Love Songs

Thoughts

Don't Go Away

Take A Picture

What Can I Give You

Think Of Rain

Can You Tell

Someone I Know

Love

MARGO GURYAN - "25 DEMOS"

Excerpt from AllMusic.com review by Stewart Mason

As a companion to Oglio's excellent reissue of Margo Guryan's sole album, 1968's Take a Picture, 25 Demos is useful primarily to die-hard fans, the musical equivalent of the "suggested outside reading" list in AP English classes...